October Snow

Steamboat receives more than ten inches of fresh snow:Steamboat Springs — When the forces are right, Steamboat can exceed its snowiest expectations, even in October.
As of 7 a.m. Friday, Steamboat weather observer Art Judson had measured 10.3 inches of new snow at his site between downtown and the mountain. Other measuring sites in Steamboat saw 10.9 and 11 inches of new snow. The National Weather Service predicted that the city would see 3 to 7 inches with 10-inch totals being reserved for the mountains.
In South Routt County, Oak Creek saw 7.3 to 8.9 inches of new snow, and a site in Yampa recorded 8.5 inches.
It wasn’t Steamboat’s signature Champagne Powder bending the trees this morning. Judson wrote in an email that the density “was 0.093 grams per cubic centimeter or 9.3 percent” of the density of water.
Wet, heavy snow had Yampa Valley Electric Association sweeping the area for downed power lines. “YVEA linemen have been out since 8 p.m. (Thursday) night restoring individual outages caused by heavy snow causing limbs to break and fall on lines,” a news release stated.
As of Friday morning, the electric cooperative was reporting about 1,000 individuals experiencing outages across its 7,000-square-mile service territory.
“Please be advised that additional individual outages may occur throughout the day as it gets warmer due to the stress on tree limbs,” the release stated. “We appreciate your patience as the linemen work as quickly and safely as possible to restore these outages. Due to the nature of the individual outages, the expected restoration time is on a case-by-case basis.”